The Police Tapes
★ 7 · 1977 · 88m · TV Movie · Crime · Documentary
Filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond spent three months in 1976 riding along with patrol officers in the 44th Precinct of the South Bronx, which had the highest crime rate in New York City at that time.
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